Weather roundup and local notices from Cedar Rapids area
Daily Record reports high and low temperatures for cities including Atlanta Miami Bismarck Chicago Denver and Seattle with precipitation totals. Extended forecast calls for showers then partly cloudy skies and mild day to day changes. Also detailed are river levels births marriages court actions and deaths from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Cedar Rapids Agrees to Maintain Storm Sewers on I-380 Section
Cedar Rapids city council will approve a pact with the Iowa highway commission covering grading drainage and a bridge on I-380. The city will take responsibility for maintaining storm sewers along the section from Thirty-third Avenue SW to Twenty-eighth Avenue SW, with contracts set to let on August 15.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Richard Jensen
Highway Commission
Thirty-third Avenue
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Third Avenue
Jensen
Richard Phillips
Council Plans Four Polling Place Changes
City Council expected to approve relocating polling sites in four precincts. Second precinct would move from Buchanan to All Saints. tenth from Regis to Garfield. thirtieth from water works to Coe College. nineteenth from Truman to Taft. Effective with the August 1 primary if approved.
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John Arthurs
Buchanan School
All Saints School
Buchanan
Regis High School
Garfield School
Coe College
Arthurs
Truman
Taft School
Want ads work like a com puter seeking buyers for you in record time
An advertisement explains how want ads act like a computer to quickly connect buyers with sellers. It urges dialing a phone number for results and emphasizes speed and efficiency in finding buyers.
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Dial
Senate Finance Committee Votes On Kennedy Tax Bill Change
Ten years ago the Senate Finance Committee voted to strike the withholding system on dividends and interest from President Kennedy's tax bill, reshaping proposed tax collection.
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Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers List
A compact list of after hours emergency and law enforcement numbers for Cedar Rapids includes ambulance fire police sheriff and federal contacts with several phone lines such as 366-7654 402/348-1210 398-5343 364-5171 363-5629 398-5353. Clip and carry in your billfold.
Deaths Frank Loese
Frank Loese 93 of 833 Oakland Road NE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids native and Rock Island railroad retiree born Feb 24 1879 he is survived by sister Elizabeth Seaton. Services 130 PM Thursday at Turner Chapel East with Dr John P Woods. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. visitation until 1 PM Thursday. casket remains closed.
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Frank Loese
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Elizabeth Seaton
Turner Chapel East
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner East
Ethel Hansen 74 Former Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in Florida
Ethel W. Hansen died Monday in Lehigh Acres Florida at age 74 after living there nine years Born January 27 1898 she married Otto Hansen May 22 1933 in Burlington She worked at Collins Radio during World War II She was active in the Lutheran church in Florida and Cedar Rapids Eagles auxiliary Surviving are her husband two sons Albert Hollingsworth Cedar Rapids Howard Hollingsworth Arkansas a sister Mary Woodward Burlington two grandchildren and one great grandchild Services are pending at Cedar Memorial funeral home.
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Cedar Rapids
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Otto Hansen
Burlington
Collins Radio Co
Hansen
Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids Eagles
Florida
Albert Hollingsworth
Howard Hollingsworth
Arkansas
Mary Woodward
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Memorial services and funerals across several Iowa towns
Memorial and funeral notices list services held Tuesday and Wednesday for Lyle T Stockwell James Alex Ross Mary Vorishek Walter D Moscrip Otto S Tollefson and Addie Bassett Graves. Churches, dates times and burial sites include Cedar Memorial Linnwood Cedar Memorial Tipton Fairview Madrid and Des Moines area by local pastors.
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Crescent Masonic Lodge
Tipton Cemetery
Tollefson
Otto S
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Decorah
Steine Funeral Home
Graves
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Fairview
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Vietnam War Veteran McCoy Sentenced to 45 Years for Hijacking
Vietnam veteran Richard Floyd McCoy received a 45 year prison term for the April hijacking of a United Air Lines Boeing 727 over Colorado. He bailed out with a $500,000 ransom, and was arrested two days later at his Provo Utah home where the ransom money was found.
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Salt Lake City
Richard Floyd McCoy
United Air Lines
McCoy
Colorado
Provo
Utah
Iowa Delegation Backs Eisenhower 20–6 at Convention
Iowa's Republican delegation cast a final 20 to 6 vote for Eisenhower after his nomination was assured on the first ballot. The result reflected party unity as the convention consolidated support for the general.
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Iowa
Eisenhower
Humphrey Ends Presidential Bid After California Rift
Hubert Humphrey announced he would end his presidential campaign after a California delegation dispute. Aides reported he woke at 10 15 a m ate breakfast and met with top aides before telling campaign staff of his decision. He then spoke to the press at headquarters.
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California
McGovern Promises PWs Commitment Amid Vietnam Stance
George McGovern pledges never abandoning American prisoners of war and says some military capability will remain in Southeast Asia to secure releases. He ties his pledge to a 90 day end to US involvement, awaiting acceptance speech at the Democratic convention. He notes support from Families for Immediate Release and vows use of direct diplomacy to Hanoi.
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UPI
George McGovern
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Kennedy Considered for No 2 Spot on McGovern Ticket
Miami Beach AP Kennedy among two to three names for McGovern’s vice presidential running mate. Gary Hart cites fewer than five names with Leonard Woodcock on the list. Hart says Kennedy could be offered the position Tuesday but may decline. Humphrey’s withdrawal changes the dynamic as McGovern plans a call to Kennedy from Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
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Edward Kennedy
George McGovern
McGovern
Gary Hart
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Hart
South Dakota
Kennedy
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hyannis Port
Mass
Wallace Plans Platform Fight at Democratic Convention
George Wallace decided Tuesday to make a personal appearance at the Democratic convention to press for platform promises he says the party must adopt to win in November.
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Miami Beach
UPI
George Wallace
Airport debate focuses on bond funding and fees
Cedar Rapids officials clash as the T A X group proposes new fees to retire revenue bonds for the airport. Hines questions firm interest in revenue bonds and notes a potential business traveler tax impact. The group argues meetings should remain public with press access.
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Cedar Rapids
T.A.X. Group
Hines
Baird King
Runway Repair Bids Exceed Airport Estimates
The airport commission opened emergency repair bids and found both bids far exceeded the $50,000 estimate. Cedar Rapids Asphalt Paving Co. bid $75,680 and Kutchera Construction Co. bid $82,568. The bids were referred to the consulting engineer for study and funding would come from operating funds.
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Cedar Rapids Asphalt Paving Co
Kutchera Construction Co
Hines
Convention turmoil reshapes 1968 Democratic clash
The convention rejected Daley’s bid to lead the Jackson faction after fiery appeals by Rev. Jessie Jackson. Credentials cases were dropped for Michigan Texas Rhode Island Washington Connecticut and Oklahoma. McGovern forces, hoping to win 1433 votes, fell short of a forecast 1520 as Californias 151 disputed delegates could not vote. Frank Mankiewicz led McGovern’s team.
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Jackson
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City airport to close runway for emergency repairs
The airport southeast-northwest runway will close at 6 30 a m Wednesday for emergency repairs and not reopen until Saturday. The commission voted to acquire a new air conditioner for the airport manager and to test fibrous concrete using steel filings on a taxiway.
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Commission
Roy Jameson
Jameson
Muskie backs California delegate challenge over McGovern
Director said more than 60 delegates, including many Muskie supporters, backed restoring the 151 California McGovern delegates. A dozen led by Sen. Adlai Stevenson III were in Illinois. Muskie announced after McGovern spurned a closed-door meeting to resolve California Illinois credentials. He said he would sustain the California challenge as merit based.
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South
Nine Injured by Tel Aviv Bus Station Blast
A grenade exploded in Tel Aviv's central bus station injuring nine people. The blast damaged the men's room wall and window, showering glass into the street as security forces blockaded the area. About 100 Arabs were detained for questioning.
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Tel Aviv
Burglars Loot Value City Store During Fourth of July Weekend
Burglars stole about 100000 dollars in cash and merchandise from the Value City discount store in Warrensville Heights over the Fourth of July weekend and hauled the loot away in the company’s new truck.
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